To be honest, the camera's functions has a lot to do with highlight the grain in my pipes. Couple of years ago, I sold my laptop and cameras, and have come to rely entirely on my Android G4 cell phone. Around $60 a month gets you a free Android cell phone. The camera is the best I've ever used. It enables you to do high resolution photography, with close up functions, and a lot of post processing of the image. Like high contrast and glitter functions. If I were to photograph that Comoy with a regular point and shoot, the pipe would not look anywhere near what it does now.